Cybokron Backlink Checker

Checks anchor text and dofollow/nofollow status and HTTP status of backlinks.

Digital Marketing & SEOPHPMIT

Abstract

Cybokron Backlink Checker is an open-source Digital Marketing & SEO project. Checks anchor text and dofollow/nofollow status and HTTP status of backlinks. Cybokron Backlink Checker is a modular PHP platform for backlink auditing at team scale. It includes asynchronous scans, RBAC, API access, scheduling, alerts, export pipelines, and 10-language localization (including Turkish). It is built using PHP. Key capabilities include: Modular architecture with clear domain/service/controller separation; Legacy-compatible /index.php entrypoint shim; SQLite persistence with versioned migrations. The complete source code is publicly available on GitHub under the MIT License, making it a useful reference for students building a Digital Marketing & SEO mini project or final-year project.

1. Introduction

Cybokron Backlink Checker is a modular PHP platform for backlink auditing at team scale. It includes asynchronous scans, RBAC, API access, scheduling, alerts, export pipelines, and 10-language localization (including Turkish).

2. Objective

Checks anchor text and dofollow/nofollow status and HTTP status of backlinks.

This project demonstrates how PHP can be applied to a real-world Digital Marketing & SEO problem.

3. Key Features / Modules

  • Modular architecture with clear domain/service/controller separation
  • Legacy-compatible /index.php entrypoint shim
  • SQLite persistence with versioned migrations
  • Queue-based scan execution with retries and dead-letter behavior
  • Team RBAC (admin, editor, viewer)
  • CSRF protection, hardened sessions, API token scopes, rate limiting
  • Moz provider adapter with cache TTL and health metadata
  • Backlink extraction with robust URL normalization and host-equivalent matching
  • Robots noindex detection from meta and X-Robots-Tag
  • Multi-link capture per result and link relation classification

4. Technology Stack

PHP
  • PHP 8.2+
  • SQLite (PDO)
  • cURL + DOM + intl
  • Optional Docker (Nginx + PHP-FPM + worker + scheduler)

5. System Requirements

General requirements for this technology stack — check the README for exact versions.

  • PHP 7.4+ with a web server (XAMPP / WAMP / LAMP)
  • MySQL / MariaDB
  • phpMyAdmin (optional)
  • Git (to clone the repository)

6. Installation & Setup

git clone https://github.com/ercanatay/cybokron-backlink-checker.git
cd cybokron-backlink-checker
  1. Copy environment file:
  2. Edit .env:
  3. BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN_EMAIL
  4. BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN_PASSWORD
  5. MOZ_ACCESS_ID
  6. MOZ_SECRET_KEY
  7. webhook/slack settings if used
  8. Run migrations:
cp .env.example .env
php bin/migrate.php
php -S 127.0.0.1:8080 -t .
php bin/worker.php
php bin/scheduler.php

Full setup instructions are in the project README.

7. Future Enhancements

Suggested extensions you can add to make this your own project.

  • Export reports to Google Sheets or PDF
  • Schedule weekly automated reports
  • Add competitor comparison

8. Viva / Review Questions

Common questions examiners ask for projects in this domain.

  1. Which marketing or SEO problem does this tool solve?
  2. Which data sources or APIs does it use (Search Console, Analytics, social platforms)?
  3. Which metrics or KPIs does it report and how are they calculated?
  4. How could the output help a business make decisions?
  5. How would you schedule it to run automatically?

9. Source Code & License

This project is developed by ercanatay and published on GitHub under the MIT License. Please follow the license terms and credit the original author when you use or modify this code.

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